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Historical Society 



SAINT LOUIS. 



CONSTITUTION and BY-LAWS. 



Founded A.D. 1866. 



ST. LOUIS, MO.: 

DKMoeRXT LITHOGKAHHING AND TRINTING COMPANY. 

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Historical Society 



SAINT LOUIS. 



CONSTITUTION and BY-LAWS. 



Founded A.D. 1866. 



ST. LOUIS, MO.; 

DEMOCRAT LITHOGRAPHING AND PRINTING COMPANY. 

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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, 



State of Missouri, 
Cou?tty of St. 




February Term, 1873. 
Wednesday^ Feb. 7, 1S73. 



WHEREAS, James H. Lucas, Elihu H. Shepard, William 
G. Eliot, Silas Bent, Albert Todd, Charles P. Chou- 
teau, Wilson Primm, Henry Shaw, Nathan Ranney, John 
KxAPP, James B. Eads, Wm. A. Lynch, John F. Darby, Isaiah 
Forbes, Green Erskine, James G. Barry, Joseph M. P. Nolan, 
Wm. H. H. Russell, George Knapp, Richard Dowling, John B. 
Johnson, Edward Brooks, et al.^ have filed in the office of the Clerk 
of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County their Articles of Association, 
in compliance with the provisions of an "Act concerning Corporations," 
approved March 19, 1 866, with their petition for Incorporation under the 
name and style of the MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

they are therefore hereby declared a body politic and corpo- 
[sEAL.] rate, by the name and st\le aforesaid, with all the powers, 

privileges, and immunities granted in the Act above named. 



By order of the Circuit Court. 



Attest, JOHN LEWIS, 

Clerk Circuit Court of St. Louis Couiitv, 



Officers of the Society, 

Elected February i8, 1875. 



President JOHN B. JOHNSON, M.D. 

First Vice-President CAPTAIN SILAS BENT. 

Second Vice-President HON. WILSON PRIMM. 

Treasurer JOSEPH M. P. NOLAN. 

Corresponding Secretary W. H. H. RUSSELL. 

Recording Secretary SHEPARD BARCLAY. 

Librarian and Curator ADOLPH PAUL. 

r CHARLES P. CHOUTEAU. 

EDWARD BROOKE. 
Board of Directors { HON. JAMES G. BARRY. 

MELVIN L. GRAY. 
. WILLIAM A. LYNCH. 



CONSTITUTION. 



NAME OF THE SOCIETY. 



This Society shall be known as the " Missouri 
Historical Society of St. Louis." 



OBJECTS of THE SOCIETY. 

1. The general object of this Society shall be to 
encourage historical research and enquiry, spread historical 
information, especially within the State of Missouri, and 
also within the entire Mississippi Valley, and to embrace 
alike aboriginal and modern history. 

2. The particular objects of this Society shall be : 
Firsts The establishment of a library of books and publi- 
cations, appropriate to such an institution, with conve- 
nient works of reference, and also a cabinet of antiquities, 
relics, etc.; Second, The collection, into a safe and perma- 
nent depository, of manuscripts, documents, papers and 
tracts, possessing a historical value and worthy of preser- 
vation; Third, To encourage investigation of aboriginal 
remains, and more particularly, to provide for the com- 
plete and scientific exploration and survey of such abo- 
riginal monuments as exist within the limits of this State 



and the Mississippi Valley; Fourth, To collect and pre- 
serve, in particular, such historical materials as shall serve 
to illustrate the settlement and growth of the City of St. 
Louis, State of Missouri, and the Mississippi Valley. 

OFFICERS. 

1. The regular officers of this Society shall consist 
of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corres- 
ponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and a Librarian 
who shall also be Cabinet Keeper, but assistants may be 
appointed. 

2. All the above named officers shall be chosen by 
ballot at the annual meeting of the Society, and hold their 
respective offices until their successors shall be duly 
elected and qualified. 

3. Vacancies occurring from any cause in any of 
the regular offices of this Society shall be filled by ballot 
at any regular meeting, notice of such election to be given 
by the Recording Secretary in calling the meeting at 
which such election shall take place. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

The membership of this Society shall be composed 
of four classes, viz. : Active, Associate, Corresponding and 
Honorary. 

ACTIVE MEMBERS. 

To be an active member of this Society, the member 
must be a resident of the city of St. Louis. The active 
members shall exclusively conduct its affairs, elect its 



officers, admit its members, and fill its offices. They 
shall pay an admission fee of five dollars, and an annual 
assessment of five dollars, as long as they continue mem- 
bers. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 

1. For the convenience of such residents in the 
State as may desire the privileges of this Society, without 
active and responsible participation in its labors and man- 
agement, it may be competent for the Society, at any 
time, to elect such as associate members by a vote of the 
majority of the members present at any regular meeting — 
the names of such candidates having been previously 
proposed and referred, as shall be provided for. 

2. Such members shall be entitled to receive a copy 
of all publications issued at the Society's expense, and 
shall have the right, conformable to the By-Laws, of access 
to its library and collections, and also of introducing 
individuals to the same, together with attendance at their 
pleasure, at any of its meetings for scientific and histori- 
cal discussions or addresses, and of participation in such 
discussions ; but they shall not vote nor hold any regular 
office. 

3. Any person elected to be an associate member, 
may, by the contribution of the sum of fifty dollars to the 
Society's treasury, become an associate life member, with 
all the privileges of an active member, and thenceforth 
shall be exempt from all annual charges. Until then, 
they shall pay such initiation fee and annual assessments 
as shall be required by the By-Laws. 



CORRESPONDING AND HONORARY MEMBERS. 

1. The admission of corresponding and honorary 
members shall be regulated by the By-Laws. 

2. Such members shall have the right of attendance 
at any of the Society's meetings, and of participating in 
any scientific or historical discussions, but they shall not 
vote nor hold any regular office in the same, and they 
shall be exempt from all charges, fees, and assessments. 

FORFEI'l'URE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

1. Failure to pay the regular assessment before the 
succeeding annual meeting shall entail forfeiture, unless 
the member is absent from the city and has not been duly 
notified by the Society. 

2, Conduct unsatisfactory to the members, and by 
them deemed incompatible with membership, shall work 
a forfeiture. The mode of enquiry and proceedings therein 
to be prescribed in the By-Laws. 

MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

1. The annual meeting for the election of officers 
shall be held on the second Thursday of December in 
each year. 

2. All regular and special meetings of the Society 
shall be held at such times and places, and be conducted 
by such rules and order of business, as shall be determined 
in the Bv-Laws. 



QUORUM. 

Five active members shall constitute a quorum at any 
meeting, except at the annual meeting for the election of 
officers, when the required number shall be at least ten 
acti'^e members. 

SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

Special meetings may be called under the direction 
of the President, or in case of his absence, by one of the 
Vice-Presidents, for the dispatch of extraordinary busi- 
ness, of which seasonable notice, in writing, shall be given 
to all the active members : Provided, however, that the 
spirit of this Constitution and the By-Laws of the Society 
shall in no case be violated by the transactions of such 
meeting. 

MANUSCRIPTS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 

All manuscripts, correspondence, and unpublished 
papers deposited with this Society, shall be forever held 
by them in trust for the public benefit, and shall remain 
in possession of the Society, unless otherwise directed by 
the donors, or those having legal control of the same. 
Copies of the same shall never be taken or removed out 
of the Society's immediate custody, without express per- 
mission from the Society, previously asked and obtained. 

SEAL AND DIPLOMA. 

This Society shall have a seal, bearing such emblems 
devices, or mottoes as shall be agreed upon by the mem- 



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bers. A suitable form of diploma or certificate of mem- 
bership shall be furnished by the Recording Secretary, 
duly executed by the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, 
with the seal of the Society attached thereto. 



OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

The President. — It shall be the duty of the Presi- 
dent to preside at all meetings of the Society, and to 
conduct its proceedings in conformity to its Constitution 
and By-Laws : Provided, however, that it may be at his dis- 
cretion and when present to call any member temporarily 
to the chair. He shall also deliver an inaugural and 
valedictory address. 

The Vice-Presidents. — It shall be duty of the Vice- 
Presidents, in the order of their election, to perform the 
duties of the President in his absence. 

Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall collect and have 
charge of the funds and securities of the Society. He 
shall pay no moneys, except by a vote of the Society, or 
by order of the Board of Directors. He shall keep regular 
and faithful accounts in proper books of the Society, of 
all moneys and securities of the Society that may come 
into his hands, and of all receipts and expenditures con- 
nected with the same, and shall present a full and accurate 
report thereof to the Society at their annual meeting. His 
accounts shall always be open to the inspection of the 
Board of Directors, and he shall make a written quarterly 
statement to said Board, of the amount then in the 
treasury. He shall deposit all sums of money received or 
collected by him, for the Society, in some banking house 
in the city of St. Louis, in the name of the Society, as 



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soon as he shall have in his hands or under his control, 
the sum of at least ^25, and shall not draw out the same 
or any part thereof, except for payments duly authorized, 
and then only by his official check countersigned by the 
President or one of the Vice-Presidents, or Chairman of 
Directors. A copy of this article shall be left at the 
place of deposit, and the signatures of the officers for 
countersigning and of the Treasurer shall be always kept 
there. The Treasurer shall be allowed a commission of 5 
per cent, on all collections of moneys for fees or assessments 
made through him for the Society, to defray the expense of 
collecting same. Whenever there shall be any occasion 
for the services of the Treasurer and the same cannot be 
had in convenient time, then any two of the Board of 
Directors may perform such duties with like effect and 
validity, as if performed by the Treasurer, He shall pur- 
chase a blank book at the expense of the Society, which 
shall be regarded as official and the property of the 
Society, and in which he shall enter every and all acts of 
his official doings, with their respective dates and 
balances struck at the time reports are made to the 
Society, showing the statements to be exact copies of 
his cash book account. The Treasurer shall be required 
to give bonds with security, to be approved by the 
Society, for the faithful performance of the duties of his 
office. The amount of said bond shall be determined by 
a vote of the Society before the annual election of officers, 
and be increased from time to time as occasion may 
require. 

I. Recording Secretary. — The Recording Secretary 
shall keep a record of all the Society's meetings, which 
record shall be duly signed and certified by him and read 



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at the opening of the succeeding meeting for information 
and revision. He shall have charge of the seal, charter, 
certificates, By-Laws and records of the Society. 

2. He shall also duly notify, in print or writing, in 
conformity to the Constitution and By-Laws, the several 
active members, of all meetings, and also all new mem- 
bers of their election. 

3. He shall perform all other duties specially required 
of him in the Constitution and By Laws. 

4. All written communications relating to the Society 
and its operations, which may be received or made by him 
in the intervals of the Society's meetings, shall be duly 
preserved by him, and deposited with the Society's collec- 
tions, and a report of the same shall be made by him to 
the members at its next meeting. 

5. In case of the absence of the Secretary, a Secre- 
tary pro tempore shall be appointed by the presiding 
officer. 

I. Corresp07tding Secretary. — To the Corresponding 
Secretary shall properly belong the charge of all commu- 
nications and correspondence, not otherwise provided for, 
between this and other Societies or individuals relating to 
the objects or operations of this Society. 

2 He shall make report at the regular meetings of 
the Society of all communications received or written by 
him, which shall be duly filed and deposited in the collec- 
tions of the Society. 

I. Librarian and Cabinet- Keeper. — The Librarian 
shall have charge of the library and cabinet, including 
all manuscripts, papers, and documents in the Society's 
possession. 



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2. He shall prepare a suitable catalogue of the same 
and have all papers and manuscripts properly numbered, 
filed or arranged for security and convenient reference. 

3. He shall keep an account of all books taken from 
the library by the members or any person specially 
authorized so to do by the Society, and by whom taken, 
and mark their return. 

4. He shall in no case allow manuscripts to be taken 
from his possession, or copies of the same to be made, or 
articles to be removed from the cabinet, without express 
permission from the Society previously asked and ob- 
tained. 

5. He shall also keep a record of all donations, in a 
book specially set apart for that purpose, giving date of 
donations, how received, name of donor, where residing, 
full description of books, pictures, manuscripts, tracts, 
antiquities or relics presented, how said donations were 
disposed of by the Society, and when acknowledgment 
was made to donor; where donation is to be found, how 
endorsed, numbered and filed. 

6. It shall also be his duty to provide for the full 
security of all books and collections belonging to the 
Society, by reporting, as occasion may require, their con- 
dition, and recommend such steps as he shall judge 
necessary for their perfect preservation, and make an 
annual report in writing to the Society of all donations 
and general condition of cabinet and library. 



UNION OF OFFICES IN THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. 

The offices of Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Cor- 
responding Secretary, and Librarian and Cabinet Keeper, 



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or any of them, may be conferred upon the same individ- 
ual, when in the judgment of the Society the same shall 
be deemed expedient. 



STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR DUTIES. 

1. Committee on Business. — There shall be appointed 
by the President at the annual meeting, standing commit- 
tees of business, to be composed of three members each, 
on the following subjects, viz : 

2. A CoTumittee of Publication. — To select and pre- 
pare all articles, papers, or essays proposed for publication 
by the Society, and with its approval to superintend the 
printing thereof. 

3. A Committee on the Library and Cabinet. — To 
counsel and assist the Librarian in enlarging and preserv- 
ing the Society's collections, and also to prepare and re- 
commend such regulations for the use of same as shall be 
judged necessary to be approved by the Society. 

4. Com.mittee on Mem,bership. 



REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. 

Any officer of this Society or member of a standing 
committee may be removed from office by a vote of a 
majority of members present at any meeting, provided 
ten active members be present, and the party moved 
against be notified for two weeks next previous, if in 
the city of St. Louis. 



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INITIATION FEE AND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 

Every active and associate member shall pay an initi- 
ation fee of ^5, and an annual assessment of ^5 to the 
Treasurer within three months after the annual meetinsf, 
or incur an additional charge of fifty cents per month, as 
fine for not paying within the time specified. 



REVISION OF THE LIST OF MEMBERS. 

A revision of the list of members of this Society 
shall be made at the annual meeting of the Society for 
choice of officers, at which time shall be erased or dis- 
continued the names of such members as by virtue of the 
Society's Constitution or By-Laws shall have ceased to be 
entitled to membership therein. 

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 

Any person may be admitted as a corresponding 
member of this Society by the vote of two-thirds of the 
members present at any meeting, provided that the can- 
didate shall have been duly nominated at the preceding 
regular meeting and the nomination regularly referred 
and considered by the committee on membership. 

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 

Honorary members may be chosen by vote at any 
regular meeting, the nomination having been made and 
referred at the regular meeting previously held. 



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REMOVAL OF MEMBERS. 



In all cases of complaint against any member for 
misdemeanor or conduct incompatible with membership, 
the party complained of shall be served by the Secretary 
with a copy of the specific charges preferred against him ; 
he shall also notify him to appear before the Committee on 
Membership, at a certain place and time therein specified, 
to show cause why he should not be dismissed from mem- 
bership of the Society. The decision of the Committee 
on Membership shall be sent to the defendant by the 
Secretary. 

ALTERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION. 

This Constitution may be altered by the vote of a 
majority of the members present at any regular meeting, 
provided that ten of the members shall be present ; and 
provided further, that any proposed alteration or amend- 
ment shall have been submitted at the second regular 
meeting next previously held, and read publicly at the last 
previous meeting to the one at which the vote shall be 
taken. 



BY-LAWS. 



The regular meetings of this Society shall be held 
at the Society's rooms in St. Louis, or at such place 
as the President and Recording Secretary may appoint, on 
the third Thursday of each month, the hour to be desig- 
nated by the Secretary in the notice of the meeting. 



NOTICES. 

Written or printed notice of each meeting shall be 
given by the Secretary to the active members not less than 
three days next before such meeting shall be held either 
through the Post-Office, or by leaving the same at their 
usual place of abode, or by publication in at least one of 
the daily newspapers published in the city of St. Louis. 



ADJOURNMENTS. 

Any meeting of this Society may be adjourned 
whether a quorum be present or not, to such time as the 
majority of the members present shall determine, provided, 
however, that notice of that adjournment shall be given by 
the Secretary to the members, as aforesaid, in section 2. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. The President shall preside at all meetings, but 
in case of his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents shall 
take his place, and should both the President and Vice- 
Presidents be absent, a President pro tempore may be 
elected by a majority of the members present. 

2. Upon being called to order and duly organized, 
the proceedings of the Society, at its regular meetings, 
shall, be as follows : 

First. The record or the proceedings held at the 
previous meeting shall be read. 

Secojtd. This shall be followed by reports from the 
Recording Secretary, the Librarian, and the Corresponding 
Secretary. 

Third. Reports from Standing and Special Commit- 
tees shall be next in order. 

Fourth. The Secretary shall then call the roll of 
active members, in alphabetical order, affording an oppor- 
tunity to each member to communicate any information, 
or propose any measure of interest to the Society. 

Fifth. At any special meeting called for extraordinary 
business of which the members shall be notified in the 
calls to the meeting, the order of proceeding at the regular 
meeting, provided for in the preceding section, (2) may 
be, for the time being, suspended or modified, as shall be 
determined by a majority of the members present, but no 
other business shall be transacted, besides that notified in 
the call, except such as may belong to the ordinary 
transactions of the Society. 



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NOMINATION OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 

All Special Committees shall be nominated by the 
presiding officer of the Society for their approval unless 
their election shall be otherwise provided for by the express 
vote of a majority of the members present. 

RULES OF ORDER. 

The rules of order in this Society at its meetings, 
unless otherwise specified in its By-Laws, shall be those of 
Cushing's Manual. 



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ACTIVE MEMBERS 



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The Missouri Historical Society. 



ALEXANDER, J. H. 
ABLE, BARTON. 

BLOOD, SULLIVAN. 
BUDD, GEO. K. 
BELT, H. B. 

BILLON, FREDERICK L. 
BARCLAY, SHEPARD. 
BUCKLAND, T. A. 
BENT, SILAS. 
BAKER, W. B. 
BARNETT, GEO. I. 

CHOUTEAU, CHARLES P. 
CHOUTEAU, G. S. 
CABANNE, L. D. 
COMSTOCK, T. G., M.D. 
CLARK, HENRY L. 
CONANT, A. J. 
COBB, HENRY. 
CHAPMAN, J. G. 
CLARK, N. H. 



ALEXANDER, B. W. 
ALLEN, JAMES W. 

BARRY, JAMES G. 
BROTHERTON, MARSHALL. 
BERRY, WILLIAM. 
BOFINGER, J. N. 
BRECKENRIDGE, S. M. 
BARNES, ROBERT A. 
BROOKS, EDWARD. 
BERKLEY, REV. ED. F. 
BOBB. CHARLES. 

CHAMBERS, B. M. 
COPP, SAMUEL. 
COLE, NATHAN. 
CLARK, WM. G. 
COLBURN, FRED. M. 
CHAPMAN, N. E. 
COLONY, MYRON. 
COUZINS, J. E. D. 



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List of Active Members, continued. 



De lassus, a. De hault. 
drake, george s. 
doherty, rev. david j. 

eliot, rev. dr. wm. g. 
erskine, frank, 
engleman, george, m.d. 

EASTON, JOS. G. 
EDGAR, J. C. 

FERGUSON, WILLIAM T. 
FAGIN, A. W. 
FILLEY, CHAUNCEY I. 
FENN, CHARLES A. 

GLASGOW, EDWARD J. 
GAY, JOHN H. 
GARRISON, A. B. 
GATY, SAMUEL. 
GIVENS, G. W. 



DUTCHER, C. O. 
DOWLING, RICHARD. 

EADS, CAPT. JAMES B. 
ERSKINE, GREEN. 
EDGAR, T. B. 
ENGLISH, E. O. 



FORBES, DR. ISAIAH. 
FICHTENKAMP, GEO. W. 
FOGG, J. 



GLASGOW, WM., Jr. 
GAY, WM. T. 
GARNEAU, JOS. F. 
GRAY, MALVIN L. 
GARESCHE, ALEX. J. P. 



HUTCHINSON, REV. DR. E. C HARDY, JAMES A. 



HOLMES, HENRY. 
HYATT, H. S. 
HOW, A. W. 

JOHNSON, JOHN B., M.D. 
JONES, W. H. 

KNAPP, GEORGE. 
KENNET1', MORTIMER. 
KAYSER, HENRY. 



HUMPHREYS, W. S. 
HUSON, CHARLES M. 



JANUARY, D. A. 



KNAPP, JOHN. 
KENNETT, WM. C 



LUCAS, WILLIAM. 



LOKER, GEO. H. 



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List of Active Members^ continued. 



LEEDS, ELLIS, N. 
LEMP, WM. J. 

lynch, geo. n. 
lynch, henry c 
labarge, john b. 

meier, adolphus. 
mullikin, napoleon, 
mills, george, 
mullery, john. 
McClelland, m. v. l. 
McAllister, roger c. 

nolan, joseph m. p. 
northrup, a. k. 

priest, john g. 
papin, theophile. 
philibert, benjamin. 
paul, adolph. 
pococke, augustus m. 

PAGE, WM. M. 
PARKER, NATHAN H. 
POLKOWSKI, E. S. 

QUINNETTE, OLIVER. 

RANLETT, S. A. 
RUTHERFURD, THOMAS S. 
ROBINSON, A S. 
ROWELL, CLINTON. 
ROGERS, CHARLES S. 



LIGGETT, J. E. 
LYNCH, WM. A. 
LONG, JOHN F. 
LONG, JAMES. 



MAGWIRE, JOHN. 
MACKLIN, THOMAS H. 
MIDDLETON, J. J. 
MOULTON, J. B. 
McHENRY, WM. H. 
MAXWELL, M. ANDREW. 

NISBIT, ROBERT N. 
NEWCOMB, CLARENCE F. 

PRIMM, WILSON. 
PROVENCHERE, FERDIN'D. 
PECK, CHAS. H. 
PAUL, EDWARD W. 
PHILLIPS, A. 
PORTER, SAMUEL D. 
PULSIFER, W. H. 



RIDGELY, STEPHEN. 
RANNEY, NATHAN. 
RUSSELL, W. H. H. 
RICHESON, THOMAS. 
RICHARDSON, FRANK C A. 



SHEPARD, ELIHU H. 



SPECK, CHARLES. 



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List of Active Members, continued. 



SHAW, HENRY. 
SOUGRAIN, FREDERICK. 
SINGLETON, BENJ. R. 
STANSBERRY, GEO. L. 
SPENCER, N. H., M.D. 
STEPHENS, GEO. N. 
SMITH, A. H. 
SEARS, S. G. 
SIMPSON, BRIG. GEN'L. 
SCOTT, S. S. 
STAMPS, WM. S. 
SLEVIN. JAMES N. 

TAYLOR, GEO. R. 
TODD, ALBERT. 
TURNER, HENRY S. 
THOMPSON, H. M. 
TERRY, TOHN H. 



SOULARD, JAMES G. 
SHRYOCK, GEO. S. 
SILVESTER, RICHARD H. 
SCOTT, JOHN R. 
SPENCER, EDWARD. 
SMITH, H. W. 
SMITH, E. F., M.D. 
STANARD, E. O. 
bIMPSON, J. H. 
STEITZ, MATHIAS. 
STEVENS, N. 



TAYLOR, DANIEL G. 
TODD, R. P. 
TAYLOR, WM. C. 
TERRY, JAMES. 
TRACY, JOHN H. 



VALLE, AMEDE. 



WELLS, ERASTUS. 

WRIGHT, D. T. 

WYMAN, EDWARD. 

WARNE, MARIUS WILLETT 

WEIGHTMAN, W. H. 

WEST, W. 

WISE, CHARLES J. 



WITHNELL, JOHN. 
WILLI, SAMUEL. 
WEST, GEO. W. 
WARE, E. Y. 
WELLS, C. E. 
WAY, JAMES C. 



YEATMAN, JAMES E. 



YAEGER, HENRY C. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS 



The Missouri Historical Society. 



SWAN, Col. JAMES VINCENT-RUSSELL, (Cor. for Russian 
Empire.) Moscow, Russia. 

SHEA, JOHN GILMARY, (author and publisher,) New York. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 

BABER, Hon. HIRAM H., Jefferson City, Mo. 

BROWN, Gov. B. GRATZ, Irontown, Mo. 

BOONE, Hon. B. G. Clinton, Henry County, Mo. 

EMMONS, BENJAMIN Jr., St. Charles, Mo. 

HARRIS, J. W., Boone County, Mo. 

SHERMAN, Gen. WM. T., (Commander of the Armies of the U. S.) 

STEVENS, EDWARD W., Columbia, Howard County, Mo. 

SALMON, Hon. HARVEY, ( Late State Treasurer,) Clinton, Henry 
County, Mo. 

WALKER, Hon. C. M. (Late Auditor U. S. Treas.) 

By virtue of a resolution offered by W. H. H. Russell, all Editors 
of Papers published in the State were constituted Honorary Members 
of the Society. 



THE OLD LANDMARKS. 



Alt Invitation to a Centenary Aimiversary. 



Fellow Citizens: 

The undersigned, old residents of St. Louis, who 
have spent the flower of their lives in advancing its inter- 
ests, and still bear a conspicuous part in promoting its 
future greatness, respectfully address you on a subject of 
lasting interest to us and posterity. 

An authentic history of the city from its first settle 
ment, written under the supervision of a Directory selected 
from our best scholars, is a desideratum which should be 
immediately supplied. 

This would insure a carefully prepared record of its 
founding, progress, institutions, benefactors, prominent 
men, and events that mark its different epochs. 

We now have the means, the talents, and the time 
to accomplish it ; and we must improve the opportunity 
before it passes away. 

A century will elapse on the iith day of August 
next (1866) since the first grant of land was made in 
St. Louis. 



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We propose to celebrate the Centenary Anniversary 
of that event, by meeting, on that day, at the Court 
House, at two o'clock p. m., and forming an Historical 
Society worthy of our age. 

We cordially invite all who feel interested in the 
enterprise to attend and participate with their old friends 
in forming a society that, we flatter ourselves, will be 
more lasting and useful than any other we are now ac- 
quainted with, and most likely to do justice to the sub- 
jects on which they write. 

St. Louis, August i, 1866. 



N. PASCHALL, 
JOHN KNAPP, 
CHARLES R. HALL, 
ENOCH PRICE, 
JAMES G. SOULARD, 
WM. L. EWING, 
EDWARD J. GLASGOW, 
JOHN M. PLATT, 
GEORGE KNAPP, 
Z. F. WETZELL, 
CHARLES G. RAMSEY, 
P. N. HAM, 

DANIEL DEARBORN PAGE, 
HENRY SHAW, 
L. LEDUC. Jr.. 
CHARLES BOSWELL, 
JOHN B. HORTIZ, 
DAVID SHEPPARD, 
TURNER MADDOX, 
D. T. WRIGHT, 
HENRY L. CLARK. 
ISAIAH FORBES, 
JOHN YOUNG, 



HENRY VON PHUL, 
ELKANAH ENGLISH, 
JOHN D. DAGGETT, 
FRED. L. BILLON, 
R. SIPMSON, 
JAMES H. LUCAS. 
PIERRE A. BERTHOLD. 
EDWARD BATES. 
D. HOUGH. 
L. A. BENOIST. 
JOHN F. DARBY, 
SULLIVAN BLOOD. 
EDWARD P. TESSON. 
ROBERT CAMPBELL, 
ROBERT A. BARNES. 
S. V. PAPIN.. 
THEODORE LA BAUME, 
PAUL BERGEE. 
GEORGE ENGLEMAN. 
JOSEPH H. LOCKE, 
DANIEL G. TAYLOR. 
C HODGMAN. 
F. L. RIDGLEY. 



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G. K. McGUNNIGLE, 
SAMUEL GATY, 
GERARD B. ALLEN, 
O. D. FILLEY, 
G. F. FILLEY, 
STEPHEN RIDGELEY. 
CHARLES D. DRAKE, 
RICHARD WARREN, 
SAMUEL B. WIGGINS, 
JOHN HOW. 
EDMUND W. PAUL, 
ELIHU H. SHEPARD, 
JOHN WITHNELL, 
JAMES M. RILEY, 
GEORGE W. WEST. 
JOSEPH H. CONN, 
ADOLPHUS MEIER, 
F. PROVENCHERE. 
BENJAMIN STICKNEY, 
WILLIAM M. PAGE, 
WILLIAM MORRISON, 
T. A. BUCKLAND, 
WILLIAM LONG, 
JOHN H. GERDEMANN, 
JOHN C. EVANS, 
JONAS MOORE. 
L. DUMAINE, 
W. L. BINGHAM, 
SILAS BENT. 
SAMUEL D. PORTER, 
JOHN BARNES. M.D., 
E.J. XAUPI, 
CHARLES SPECK. 
AUSTIN PIGGOTT, 
JOHN GOODFELLOW. 
JOHN FINNEY, 
C. HEQUEMBOURG. 
L. E. EASTON, 



M. M. MEYER. 
GUSTAVUS W. DREYER. 
M. BROTHERTON. 
CHARLES F. TRACY, 
WM. G. FIFE, 
GEORGE K. BUDD. 
ISAAC H. STURGEON, 
ADOLPHE PAUL, 
DANIEL B. GALE, 
RUFUS J. LACKLAND, 
CHARLES H. PECK, 
LUTHER M. KENNETT>^ 
CHRISTIAN STAEHLIN, 
W. G. ELIOT, 
T. B. EDGAR, 
THEODORE LAVEILLE, 
CHARLES P. CHOUTEAU. 
NAPOLEON MULLIKIN, 
MARIUS WILLET WARNE. 
ARCHIBALD GAMBLE, 
JAMES G. BARRY, 
A. R. EASTON, 
WILSON PRIMM, 
JAMES S. THOMAS. 
WM. K. RULE, 
AMEDE VALLE, 

A. CHRISTY. 
D. B. HILL, 
CHARLES L. HUNT, 

B. W. ALEXANDER, 
ANTOINE L. CHENIE, 
JAMES B. BOWLIN, 
WILLIAM C. TAYLOR, 
THOMAS MERIDETH TAYLOR, 
WILHELM SCHRADER, 

WM. H. COZZENS. 
NATHAN RANNEY. 
THERON BARNUM. 



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H. W. LEFFINGWELL. 

W. D. WOOD. 

L. D. BAKER, 

M. MARTIN, M.D., 

J- PARKER DOAN, 

THOMAS H. WEST. 

JAMES VERDIN, 

JOHN MULLERY, 

JAMES CLEMENS, Jr., 

WILLIAM GLASGOW, Jr., 

R. J. HOWARD. 

JOSEPH S. WILKINSON, 

WM. F. COZZENS, 

B. DUMAINE, 

ROBERT A. DARST, 

JOHN B. JOHNSON, M.D., 

CHRISTIAN PULLIS, 

E. CARTER HUTCHINSON. 

HENRY KEYSER. 

JOS. N. McDowell, m.d., 

ISAAC M. VEITCH, 
JOHN W. BURD, 
J. E. D; COUZINS, 
HENRY PILKINGTON, 
GEORGE N. STEVENS, 
A. DeHAULT, DeLASSUS, 
JOHN J. MIDDLETON, 
JOHN WHITEHILL. 
LEWIS BISSELL, 

WILLIAM M. Mcpherson. 

JOHN P. DUNKLIN, 
A. WISLIZENUS, 
JOHN MAGUIRE. 
PETER WEISNECKER. 
JAMES R. LACKLAND. 
JOSEPH POWELL, 
D. A. JANUARY, 
SAMUEL WILLI, 



I. L. GARRISON, 
O. GARRISON. 
GEORGE L. STANSBURY, 
WILLIAM W. GREENE, 
MATHIAS STEITZ, 
WILLIAM VAN ZANDT, 
JAMES HARRISON, 
JAMES C WAY, 
HENRY B. BELT, 
J. C. EDGAR, 
HUDSON E. BRIDGE, 
JOHN H. BEACH, 
JAMES SMITH, 
C- S. GREELEY, 
STEPHEN W. ADRION, 
A. M- POCOCKE, 
THEOPHILE PAPIN, 
ED. HAM, 
ALBERT TODD, 
G. ERSKINE, 
W. H. PENNINGTON. 
DR. NICHOLAS N. DEMENIL. 
THOMAS J. PAYNE. 
CHAUNCEY I. FILLEY, 
JOHN H. SIMPSON, 
EDWARD C PIKE, 
HOWARD GRAY. 
E. DOBYNS. 
JAMES E. YEATMAN, 
JOHN WOLFF. 

PHILIP Mcdonald. 

THORNTON D. MURPHY. 

JACOB BLATTNER, 

HIRAM SHAW, 

JOHN BRYAN, 

WM. J. LEMP. 

JAMES O'NEIL, 

DAVID P. HULL, 



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RICHARD BOWLING, 
R. L. ANDERSON, 
THOMAS RICHESON, 
JOHN ALEX. BELLISSINEE. 
DANIEL H. DONOVAN, 
LEON J. PAPIN, 
CORNWELL SAGE, 
LOUIS V. BOGY, 
GEORGE S. DRAKE, 
JOHN FORD. 
BENJAMIN PHILIBERT, 
HENRY B. BRANT, 
HENRY C LYNCH, 
NATHAN COLE, 
J. S. McCUNE, 
ROBERT DOUGHERTY, 
GEORGE TRASK, 
JOHN RIGGIN, 
OLIVER QUINETTE. 
THOMAS B. HUDSON, 
PIERRE TOURSEOT, 
WM. A. LYNCH. 
GEORGE De BAUM, Jr., 
NICHOLAS BRAZEAU. 
E. S. POLKOWSKI, 
WILLIAM LINGE, 
ALFEED CHADWICK. 
T. H. TAYLOR, 
G. WASHINGTON WEST. 
MATTHEW RIPPEY, 
WILLIAM BERRY, 
R. M. PARKS, 
WM. S. ALLEN, 

J. E. liggi;;tt, 

JOHN W. DENNING, 
JOHN H. SPARR, 
CHARLES BOBB, 
JOSHUA CHEEVER, 



JOHN McEVEY, 
CHARLES H. POND. 
SYLVESTER H. LAFLIN, 
ALEX. L. LYLE. 
A. S. ROBINSON. 
ANDREW ELLIOTT, 
THOMAS T- GANTT, 
JOSEPH S. PEASE, 
J. C BARLOW, 
C. B. POWELL. 

E. O. ENGLISH, 
JOHN SYLVESTER, 
LEONARD FORBES, 
WM. ROCHE, 
LORENZ SCHOFP^LEE, 
EDWARD BROOKS, 
EDWARD MEAD, 
DAVID KEITH, 

WM. S. WOODS. 
WM. H. WEIGHTMAN, 
OLIVER GREEN. 
SOL. SMITH, 
C. WALTERS, ■ 
PETER E. BLOW, 
C. J. CARPENTER, 
CD. SULLIVAN, 

F. M. COLBURN, 

JOHN Mcknight. 

ANSON COMSTOCK, 
WM. S. STAMPS, 
JOHN H. GAY, 
WM. T. GAY. 
DENNIS GALVIN, 
JNO. DONN ALLAN. 
JAMES B. WALSH, 
M. P. SANGUINET, 
ROBERT H. BETTS, 
JAMES L. BUTLER, 



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G. W. BERKELEY, DAVID A. HARVEY, 

JOHN :\r. KRUM, GABRIEL S. CHOUTEAU, 

JOSEPH L. PAPIN, OTIS WEST, 

K. P. HALL, JAMES FAUCETT. 

JOHN G. PRIEST, THOMAS S. NELSON, 

Z. T. KNOTT, J. H. ROBBINS. 



CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY 

AT THE 

Court House, in the City of St, Louis, 

FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMING AN 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

Held Saturday, at two o'clock August ii, 1866, in Circuit 
Court Room No. i, at which time the Missouri Historical 
Society was organized, and the following officers elected; 

President : 
HON. JAMES H. LUCAS. 

Vice-Presidents : 

HON. EDWARD BATES. HON. JOHN F. DARBY. 

J. C. BARLOW. HENRY VON PHUL. 

GEORGE H. KENNERLY. DANIEL D. PAGE. 

DR. ROBERT SIMPSON. HON. ARCHIBALD GAMBLE 

DANIEL HOUGH. CAPT. LEWIS BISSELL. 

JAMES CLEMENS, Jr. LOUIS A. BENOIST. 

HON. JAMES S. THOMAS. HON. JAMES G. BARRY. 

EDWARD DOBYNS. WM. K. RULE. 

HON. JOHN D. DAGGETT. GEN. BERNARD PRATTE. 

JOHN B. HORTIZ. HENRY SHAW. 

DAVID B. HILL. JAMES G. SOULARD. 

ELKANAH ENGLISH. GEN. NATHAN RANNEY. 

FRED. L. BILLON. D. VALLE. 

A. CHRISTY. 

Secretaries. 
ELIHU H. SHEPARD. GEORGE KNAPP. 

WM. H. COZZENS. 



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Officers of the Society, 

Elected November 3, 1 866, 



President HON. JAMES H. LUCAS. 

First Vice-President i.... WILLIAM, G. ELIOT. D.D. 

Second Vice-President HON. WILSON PRIMM. 

Recording Secretary ELIHU H. SHEPARD. 

Corresponding Secretary WILLIAM H COZZENS. 

Treasurer HON. JOHN F. DARBY. 

r EDWARD DOBYNS. 

I RICHARD DOWLING. 

Board of Directors { SAMUEL WILLI. 

JAMES L. BUTLER. 

. SILAS BENT. 



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Officers of the Society, 

Elected September 28, 1867. 



President HON. JAMES H. LUCAS. 

First Vice-President WILLIAM G. ELIOT, D.D. 

Second Vice-President HON WILSON PRIMM. 

Recordijig Secretary \ 

[NATHAN RANNEY. 
Corresponding Secretary j 

Treasurer HON. JOHN F. DARBY. 

r HON. JOHN F. DARBY. 

SILAS BENT. 
Board of Directors \ SAMUEL WILLI. 

RICHARD DOWLING. 



[ 



W. A. LYNCH. 



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Officers of the Society, 

Elected October 14, 1869. 



President GEN. NATHAN RANNEY. 

First Vice-President HON. JOHN F. LONG. 

Second Vice-President ALBERT TODD. 

Recording Secretary ) 

^ Celihu h. shepard. 

Corresponding Secretary ) 

Treasurer SULLIVAN BLOOD. 

r SAMUEL WILLL 
ROBERT P. TODD. 



Board of Directors <J 



W. A. LYNCH. 
JAMES H. COMFORT. 
L RICHARD DOWLING. 



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Officers of the Society, 

Elected October 1 6 , 1873. 



President HON. ALBERT TODD. 

First Vice-President CAPTAIN SILAS BENT 

Second Vice-President HON. J. H. TERRY. 

Recording" Secretary \ 

VW. H. H. RUSSELL. 
Corresponding" Secretary ) 

Treasurer .JOSEPH M. P. NOLAN. 

r GEORGE KNAPP. 

! HENRY COBB. 

Board of Directors <! 

DR. ISAIAH FORBES. 



[ J. A. CONANT. 



IN MEMORY OF 



HON. JAMES H. LUCAS. 



The following resolutions were offered by Joseph M. 
P. Nolan, Esq., and unanimously adopted by the Society: 

Whereas^ History is replete with the record of the good and 
true ; and 

Whereas^ Almighty God, in His Divine Providence, has removed 
from our midst the Hon. James H. Lucas, first President of our 
Society, whose varied talents, business entei'prise and unostentatious 
charities have been indelibly stamped upon the rise and progress of St. 
Louis ; and 

Whereas, While we bow in reverence and humble submission to 
this temporal separation, we hope to be united with him in more lasting 
bonds hereafter ; therefore, be it 

Resolved, That this Society mourns the loss of its first President, 
Hon. James H. Lucas, whose presence cheered it, whose counsels 
awakened it into activity, whose aid strengthened it in its incipiency 
and nourished its efforts into the full fruition of actual existence and 
permanency. 

Resolved, That the deceased, having donated to this* Society a 
very handsome and valuable site whereon to erect a building for the 
purposes of the Missouri Historical Society, we hereby acknow- 
ledge the gratuity and thus publicly record our gratitude. 

Resolved, That these resolutions of our sympathy and condolence 
be spread upon the records of this Society, and that the Secretary be 
requested to furnish copies of them to the press of St. Louis and to the 
family of our deceased friend and benefactor, whose memory we shall 
ever cherish with affection, and whose good deeds shall constitute a 
pleasing feature upon the pages of the Missouri Historical Society. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



ALLEN, WILLIAM S. 

BLOW, PETER E. 
BATES, EDWARD. 
BRANT, HENRY B. 
BOWLIN, J. B. 
BARNES, JOHN, M.D. 
BRIDGE, HUDSON E. 

CHENIE, ANTOINE LEON. 
CONN, JOSEPH H. 
CAMDEN, PETER G. 

DONOVAN, DANIEL H. 
DONNOLAN, JOHN. 
DE SMET, P. T., S.J. 
DAGGETT, JOHN D. 

ENGLISH, ELKANA. 
EVANS, JOHN C. 

FAUCET J', JAMES. 
FORSYTH, L. E. 

GAMBLE. ARCHIBALD. 
GREEN, WM. W. 



ADRION, STEPHEN W. 

BENOIST, L. A. 
BOGGS, HARRY. 
BISSELL, LEWIS. 
BOSWELL, CHARLES. 
BERGER, PAUL. 

CONWAY, SAMUEL. 
CHRISTY, A. 
CHADWICK, ALFRED. 

DIVOLL, IRA. 
DREYER, GUSTAVUS W. 
DO AN," J. P. 

EWING, WM. L. 

FINNEY, JOHN. 

GERDEMAN, J. H. 



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In Memoriam, continued. 



HOUGH, DANIEL. 
HALL, CHARLES R. 
HARRISON, JAMES. 

KENNERLEY, GEO. H. 
KENNETT, LUTHER M. 

LONG, W. 

lucas, james h. 
long, james. 

moore, jonas. 
Mcpherson, wm. m. 

McKEE, STEWART. 

Mcdonald, philip. 
paschall, nathaniel. 

RAPIN, SYLVESTER V. 
PILKINGTON, HENRY. 
PIGGOTT, AUSTIN. 
POWELL, JOSEPH. 

ROE, JOHN J. 
RIPPfiY, MATTHEW. 

SHEPPARD, DAVID. 
SMITH, SOLOMON. 
SMITH, HENRY W. 

SIMPSON, ROBERT, M. D. 
SHAW, HIRAM. 
SCHOFFLEE, LORENZ. 



HILL, DAVID B. 
HODGMAN, CHARLES. 
HUDSON, THOMAS B. 

KING, WYLLIS. 

LA BAUME, THEODORE. 
LUIGO, WILLIAM. 
LYLE, A. L. 

MATTOX, TURNER. 
MCDOWELL, JOSEPH N., M.D. 
McCUNE, JOHN S. 
MURPHY, THORNTON, D. 

PULLIS, CHRISTIAN. 
PAGE, DANIEL D. 
PAPIN, JOSEPH L. 
PAYNE, THOMAS J. 
PLANT, GEO. P. 

REYBURN, THOMAS G. 
ROCHE, WILLIAM. 

SHELTON, JOHN G. 
SHUMARD, B. F., M.D. 
ST. CYR, P. 

SAGE, CORNWELL. 
SYLVESTER, JOHN. 
SNOW, P. H. 



TRASK, GEORGE. 



THOMAS, JAMES S. 



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In Memoriam^ continMed, 



VALLE, JULES. 



VON PHUL, HENRY. 



WOOD, W. D. 
WEISNECKER. PETER 
WHITE, DAVID. 
WOLFF, JOHN. 



WILLIAMS, OLLY. 
WIGGINS, SAMUEL B. 
WHITEHILL, JOHN. 
WHITTLESEY, CHARLES C. 



YORE, JOHN E. 



Halls of the Society 

January 21s/, A.D. 1875. 

To the Officers and Members of the 

Missouri Historical Society. 

Your committee, to whom was referred the revision 
of the Constitution and By-Laws, most respectfully beg 
leave to submit the foregoing report. 



W. H. H. RUSSELL, Chairman. 
JOSEPH M. P. NOLAN. 
SILAS BENT. 



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